Report: Oakland's Farhan Zaidi to be named general manager of Dodgers

Oakland Athletics executive Farhan Zaidi will be named the general manager of the Los Angeles Dodgers later in the week, Ken Gurnick of MLB.com reports.

Last season, Zaidi served as the A’s assistant general manager and director of baseball operations. He has been with the club since 2004.

On Oct. 14, the Dodgers named former Tampa Bay Rays executive Andrew Friedman the president of baseball operations. At the same time, it was announced that Ned Colletti, the Dodgers' general manager from 2006-2014 was moved to a senior advisor position in the front office.

Dylan Hernandez of the Los Angeles Times confirmed Gurnick's report, and also reported that former Padres and Diamondbacks general manager Josh Byrnes will be a senior executive with the club.